ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - usu. 勤める
• to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of) - usu. 務める
• to conduct a religious service - usu. 勤める

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun / suffix noun:

• sequel; continuation; (also suffix) continuation (in time and space); second series; succession; spell

noun / adjectival noun:

• blank; blank space

noun:

• gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)

noun:

• interval; distance; break; pause
• suitable time; appropriate opportunity
• distance between opponents (kendo)

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

noun:

• time of year when television and radio replace programs (usu. spring and fall)

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a temple; visiting a temple
• joining a temple as a priest or head priest - obscure term

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering
• scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

noun / suffix noun:

• coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
• attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
• start; beginning
• origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
• architectural member that projects outward
• highest point of the stern of a ship
• amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc. - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

noun / adverbial noun:

• all day long; all the day; throughout the day

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
• to face (e.g. east); to look out on
• to point to
• to be suited to; to be fit for
• to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

noun:

• all (there is) ➜ 限り・有る

expression / adverbial noun:

• as long as there is

ichidan verb:

• to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together
• to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody - idiom

adverb:

• together; jointly
• at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with - often as ...とともに
• both

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• these days; nowadays; present day; modern times
• at this time (of the day)

noun:

• (young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; delinquent girl; hooligan; punk - derogatory term
• small-time yakuza - derogatory term
• brat; little shit - derogatory term